All Lilycup knows is the queen who saved her—the queen who keeps her close, who learned to speak with her hands, who treats her more like daughter than servant. At least in private.

But the queen's kindness doesn't extend to other shifters. They're forced into concrete camps or driven into the deadly woods, where a monster gathers shifters and slaughters any human who dares enter.

The queen offers a ransom: kill the monster, claim wealth, status, and the princess's hand in marriage. Many try. None return.

Lilycup has no interest in the princess's hand. But she does want to be held as equal—no longer servant, but sister. Princess. Leader.

The woods are dark and shifting places, where faces change with the moon and alliances turn just as quickly.

Some battles change everything.

A novella about identity, loyalty, and the impossible choice between the things you remember and the ones you've forgotten.

"Grey Fall: A Novella"

by Jean Knight Pace